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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

TIE friends Of Mr.. Blaine in Ohio are
doing very indiscrete thing in making
open warfare on Senator Sherman. If
they draw the Republicans Of that state
into a quarrel over the candidacy Of those
two gentlemen it must eventuate detri-
mentally 10 the interests Of both Of them.
The Republican party can and viii do
gallant battle under the leadership Of
either, but if it hopes for success, the
forces must be united and harmonious,
without acrimony, and with no running
sores TO be healed after the battle is set
and the banner unfurled. Mr. sherman
is undoubtedly the choice Of the majori-
ty of the Republicans Of Ohio, as is Mr..
Blaine that of a majority in Maine To
set up a candidate in Maine in opposition
20 Mr.. Blaine would he considered the
heighth of unwisdom, and We see not,
why the same rule should not apply 10
Mr.. Sherman and Ohio. Both gentlemen
have personal enemies in their respective
States, but both are by long odds, the fa-
vorite of large majority of the Republi-
cans in them, and it would unquestiona-
bly, be bad policy to foment strife among
their respective followers. In accordance
with an almost unbroken precedent the
votes eff these states should be conceded
to their respective favorites, until il is
shown by actual test that either nomina-
ton is impossible. We can recall no case
where State with a divided delegation
ever succeeded in securing the nomina-
ton Of its home candidate. Mr. Blaine
and Mr.. Sherman are the two leading can
Dictates for the Republican Presidential
nomination, and it is midsummer mad
ness to endanger, much more to foment
i'll feeling between their friends The
coming campaign viii demand the clos
est unity, the heartiest action in the Re
publican party. 1t may or il may not be
of the gravest importance who is made
the standard bearer, but it is very GER
tain that, be he who he may, he must
have the hearty support of the friends of
the rejected candidate to make success
possible. 1t is highly improbable that
Ohio viii be able TO dictate the candidate
or eventually control the choice of the
convention, but it may be of supreme i'm
portanoe that her vote be cast s0lidly
and ungrudgingly for the party nominee
in November 1883, and 10 ensure this
there should be no wrangling delegation
in the convention, nor heart buTnings or
recriminatiOns left to vex the unity of the
party after the die is cast A minority
that would rather fail with Blaine than
succeed with Sherman, is a standing mem
ace to the Republican party, and by it,
foolishness and stubborn tenaciIy may
bring disaster TO the candidate, for the
sake of whom, il has forced discord
among friends
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
A Den OF Man Eating Rats.

Detroit Mich. July I3.-An extraordi-
nary story reaches here from Fletcher.
Kalkaska county On sunday the remains
Of a worl,insman were found in the woods
the body band been partially eaten appar-
emily and was wholly unrecagnizable The
unknwon man It is believed was killed by
field rats \ young man who visite, the
scene said he had been attacked By them
and had to fight for his life When he
approached the fatal spot, he said the vicious
creatures sprang upon him from all sides,
and although he killed many Of them 10
seemed only TO whet the courage of the
survivors He WAS obliged 10 make run
for it, and had been followed almost 90 the
place OF inquest. some Of his asSailants cling
ing to him and biting him cruelty Men re-
turned with him and discovered the surviv-
ing rats in the act of eoncealing the bodies OF
their defunct bretheTn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

The Free trade Democrats, who roared
80 loudly in the index, are now cooing
a. gently as sucking doves about COM
promise When it comes down to dots,
every interest in the country desires
measure of protection. Free-irade talk is
cheap, but self interest viii in every In
stance control. In Arranging for reor-
ganizmion of tariff duties, the advocates
of Free trade may as well make up their
minds to give and take. If the duties on
imports are lowered, il must be done with
q view 10 retain for our manufacturers
and artisans sufficient measure of pro-
lection 10 insure them from competition
with the cheap laborof foreign countries: I:
and with reduction Of tariff duties must
come an abolition, in part, or in whole of
the internal revenue taxes Party leaders
must count on this, and make their plans
arcordingly. if they hope to escape certain
defeat No other terms than these are
likely TO be granted by protectionists in
the next Congress.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
turning The Rasoals out. i"

There is a point Of view in which the re-
suit Of the clamor that has been raised about
rascaIs in Office Is eminently satisfactory to
American patriots We refer TO the slight
basis upon which il Is proved to be founded
There was a severe test in this respect APP
piled wlien the change in administration
took place two years ago The Republicans
had been in power twenty-four years. They
had held complete control during much of
that time, and in portion Of il the Demo-
cratic minority had been so feeble as to be of
small consequence. Naturally there were
grave suspicious on the one hand and serious
misgivings on the other as to the condition
into which they had brought the offices of
the country.
In the two years that the Democrats have
now had control of the national administra-
ton il is safe to say that there has been a
searching inquiry Instituted into the facts as
regards the management Oft their predecessors
in office Not only has nothing of import
auoe been found to justify the charges of dis
honesty. or even carelessness, in the manage
ment OF these offices, but there has been a
surprising exhibit of integrity, when the
amount ofproperty involved and the tempta-
>tion connected with it are considered The
Democrats, with every inducement TO find
lack Of fidelity and capacity herewith the
stimulus even of the places for themselves as
the direct result ofsuch de,ection-have very
little to show 70 the discredit of the Repub-
lican record in office. The Republican party
Is entitled to praise for this, and il is praise
which all but partisans will be ready to nc
cord.
The Fascals have not been turned out. be
cause there were no rascals 10 turn ont The
Democrats. instead OF finding rascality in all
lines sofadministration, as they had predicted,
have been Obliged TO invent excuses for
change, or fall back upon the equalizing of
the offices as their publication for displace-
mcuts- From he Boston Herald Mug.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Blown 1oo Feet.

Bg,pFpEp July II The boiler of the 10
coinotivc No. ~ Of the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburgh Railroad, exploded this
morning The engine and twenty eight ears
were standing on the siding al criwfor,l's
just As the Erie freight passed the boiler of
No. y, blew up. Four or five OF the Erie
cars were wrecked and blown from The track
by dying fragments.
Arthur Eekles. aged 26. the engineer, was
sound three-qllarters OF an hour aiter the ex-
plosion in elump Of bushes fully 800 feet
from the wreck. He was horribly burned
and Unconscious and died at nine o'clock
this morning. John VI Wilson, the fireman
WAS blown over the passing train and was
found on the hillside He was ferftilly bur
ned and eonnot live.
The engine is complete wreck. only the
driving WHEELS and truck being left \ frag-
ment weighing fifteen tons was carried s0
feet. Nine of the tr;iinmen we're slightly in
jnred. Low water in the boiler is supposed
20 have been the cause of the disaster
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Determined to Marry or Die.

AsHEvILLE. y. C., July l4.-Miss Viola
Meets, daughter OF "a prominent citizen of
Graham county, \. c, was TO have been
married on sunday, the 81 instant, to John
Anm0ns, of the same county. The match
WAS opposed by the father of Miss Meets,
who armed himself ON the day of the pro-
posed wedding, and swore he would kin
Ammons if he should appear ON his premises
The daughter said she preferred to marry
with her fathers consent, but would marry
Ammons that day or die. The father violent
ly refusing, she stepped into an adjoining
room, and soon aiterward the daughter was
found corpse and in her hand was a vial
lahlad sirNchnine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

FIxDixs that they lack the power 70
force free trade upon the country, The
Democratic leaders, are casting about for
a messsure Of compromise, that may re-
suit in reducing the revenues and at The
same time assure measure OF protection
10 our domestic industries The princi-
pal difficulty in the road is found to be.
the Kentucky and Illinois whiskey ring,
which mnlishly insists that there shall be
no reduction of the tax on their particu-
lar product
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
To Hang at the Age of Twelve.

CHARLESTON, S. G., July I7.-At BarnweIl
Judge Hudson has sentenced Axey Cherry,
a colored girl Il years old, to be hanged on
the third Friday in September. for the mur-
der of the infant of Mr. Amos Williams. of
Allendale, in Barnwell county The child
was sent by her mother to act as nurse for
the Williams baby. She poked around the
house and attended to her duties in 50 neg
ligent manner that she had to be constant
~ seolded. After seolding one day she
was over heard muttering to herself that she
wasn't going to bother with that baby much
more.
A few days after this concentrated lye was
used in securing the floor, and when Mrs
Williams left the room for few minutes she
told Axey that the lye was poisonous and
that she mustn't touch it ON her return
Mrs. Williams was horrifed to find her
baby's mouth full Of concentrated lye Axey
ran out Of the house saying as she left q
don't reckon | will have to nurse that
baby much longer now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Ca mbrIa ProhibItionIsts.

JoHNsrowN, Pa, July I3.-Joseph layton,
Chairman Of County Ph0hipitiOnists issued
a call for a convention 20 be held IN this
place July Is 20 nominate a full county TICK
Ct, and in the following manner -" All
citizens Of Cambria county without distinc-
OF the abolition OF the drink traffic by law,
and who believe lhe ballot-box the surcst
way To obtain such law. are invited to rescue
and to help stop this hcliish work OF making
druuklrls
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

Nsa IoE<, July l5.-The Commercial ID
rertiscf In q long article on the Knight. of
l4.ai. --" fhe figures given out lately by
PoFdcsiy y, not to reporters, however, the as
certaine,l IN mberslHp the order of knights
OF Labor las ialien from 100000 To les
.,n Gsi0.0O0 within ihe last fourteen months
r.e loss been steady and Is on the increase
waiic accessi0ns to the order grow fewer
each month. .fhe cause of thisis vital poin,
in twa great strikers. that on the Missouri
l'"ific and the coal-handlers here.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Fell into a Blazing Mine.

PorrsvrLLE, Pa, July 1.-THE fire IN the
Otto Colliery is still raging. though water
and culm are being poured into the mine
The ground about the mouth OF the slope Is
caying in. and serious apprehenSions are en-
tertain,al that the engine house viii sink.
Young Eddie Furgueson. son Of the outside
boss. the lad who first discovered the fire
this afternoon brought his fathers dinner to
him, and in crossing the floor Of the engine
room the charred boards gave way and the
boy was precipitated into the burning mine
The recovery OF his body WIS impossible as
even had il been possible that ii escaped in
slant annihilation. the outb,irst Of flames
caused by the collapse Of the engne-house
foor rendered approach to the opening ont
Of all question
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
" The Bully of Berks Count y"

READING Pa, July ll.-Atosses Rothcrmel.
a weil-known young farmer. brother of ex-
District Attorney Rpthcrmei, and Frank
TcInplar, butcher. met this afternoon in an
open field near Fleetwood, this county TO
decide who was :" the bully Of Berbs couG-
~. They fought with bare knuckles. strip
ped 10 the waist, without referee, kicking
and biting being allowed. They brutally
gouged and kicked each other in regular
hammer-and-tong style for fifteen minutes
when their friends took them in charge
Rothermel had both eyes closed, and was
badly kicked in the ribs and abdomen Tenn
plar's face was fearfully punished. Five
hundred people Witnessed the fight.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

TBs terrible heat that has Pervaded
the entire country for the past few days,
has carried death upon its wings. On
Saturday and Sunday last, more than
fifty persons were prostrated in Pitts
burgh and Allegheny city, and the report
Of a commensurate number Of casualties
comes To- ms from cities in various parts Of
the country. such AN intensely hot spell
has not prevailed within the last thirty
years. and what is worse the weather
prophets predict continuance of it for
some time to come.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

The Free trade organs have almost con-
cluded that their attempt TO read sam
Randall out Of theparty would be a dam
gerous experiment. and Samuel, after
taking careful survey of the material
composing the next Congress, has con-
cluded that. his enemies in the party
mus knuckle down low, if they want any
favon from him. The hour for the over
throw Of protection, won't strike during
the life Of the Fiftieth Congress.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Saved from a Snake Site.

LAYTON, July l3.-While Dr. James >
Carson and Lloyd Caller. a lad about l. years
who was in his bare feet, stepped down over
some rocks and was bitten on the ankle by
a large copperhe.ld snake. The doctor inn
mediately took his knife and made an incis-
ion and then sucked the blood and poison
from the wound He then put some pow
der upon the wound and touched il OF. seer
ine the flesh. The boy was hurricily taken
10 drug store and the wound bathcd in
ammonia. all The whisky he conld drink
being given 10 him The leg was then
bandaged above the wound and although
it panied the lad and the foot was swollen
he is now doing we'll.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

a pension who enlisted ia The Mexican war.
The explanation is found in the fact that
benefits ACQUIRING from the latter bill very
largely 80 to Ceveiands Democratic friends
In the South. 1t was their bill, President
Cleveland could find time TO carefully scan
every pension bill magnify every technical
objection and write sneering veto messages,
but when IT came 10 considering the proposi-
tion to surrender the captured rebel battle
fiags-embiefns of the proves Of Union sol
diers-he could only tisink of the political
effect at the South. and readily approved the
orier.-Basalo CossHegeial Adrsrfiser Rep.)
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
The King of Fasters.

BosroN. July ls.-Scien,ists are puzzled
here over a discovery some laborsrs made
to-day while tearing down building. cor
ner Of Vernon and Washington streets The
foundation was being removed, where, in a
space between two walls, embedded in ma
sonry and solid rock. was found monster
turtle nearly three feet in length and weigh
ing thirty pounds. Ii was evidently ofgreat
age and was all skin. How il got there is a
mystery. Sixty years ago that foundation
was laid ON what was formerly a marsh. 1t
looks as ifit had been there all that time,
but how it lived without eating is mys-
terry. The creature was sent TO Harvard Col
ie.se for examination.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Burglars who Got Left.

sHELBrvILLE, ILL.,. July l5.-James Toliy.
AN eccentric farmer. had 81 800 stolen from
his house by burglars recently. The bur-
glars overlooked so 900 in coin. Yesterday
FOLLY was persuaded by his wife to bring the
coin TO this city and deposit il in bank. The
coin was in one package, and two men were
required TO remove il in from the wagon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

AT the recent election in Rome, Geor-
gia, at which the cause of prohibition tri-
umphed, large number of women were
at the polls from their opening until their
close. They established lunch tents and
furnished refreshments to the prohibition
workers and voters, and urged everybody
30 vote their ticket. Young men were la
bored with, and coaxed and threatened
by their sweethearts, and 50 potent were
the persuasions Of rosy lips and flashing
eyes that the ladies and the Temperance
cause won by decided majority.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
A Wealthy Lady Who Owns over
Two Hundred Cats.

MONTREAL, July IA case of much in
tercSt between the Health Department and
residing in the East End, viii come up be
fore the court in a few days. The lady j. a
great lover Of cats aud keeps in her house all
that she can collect. The neighbors com
planned TO the police and Oh Monday night
the house was raided over two humlred
cats were found in the house. which was in
terrible condition. The lady is very veal
thy and ,vill fight the ease in the courts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

GENERAL FAIRcHuD and General Tuttle
are just now the targets for all the Demo
cratic mud batteries in the country.
They must be forcibly reminded Of the
days when these same organs denounced
them as Lincoln's hirelings and fratrici-
lal butchers in an unholy war"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

THEY are having red-hot Prohibition
campaign down in Texas, and confident
predictions of success are being made
Just wait until the Democrats hump
themselves at the polls, and get a chance
10 count the ballots. The tune will then
be changed. The Democratic leaders will
never permit the solid South 10 be
broken ON an issue of this kind. The
vote of Texas is needed to secure Mr..
Cleyeland's election in 1888.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
A ThunderboIt.

PAREERsBuRG, W. Va. July l3.-During a
thunderstorm few miles from here. in
Athens county. o. yesterday Gimily con
sisting Of Mr.. and Mrs. David ZONES and two
children, Albert aged u. and Ella. aged II
were sitting at home near an open crate
when the house was struck by lightning
The two children We're almost instantly kill
ed and the father 81 badly paralyzei that
his injuries are regarded a fatal. Mrs
JONES was knocked sen>eless but became
conscious in about one hour. Finding both
children dead and her husband helplessly
parllyzed she is almost insane with grief
The family was well known and prosperous.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

The President and Mrs Cleveland are
visiting relatives in northern New York.
and he is improving the occasion 10
strengthen hiinselfpoliticsilly, by holding
receptions, and making speeches at the
cross roads, and corners, and rural viii
lages on his route. New York will be the
battle ground next year, and the Presi-
dent is sagsciously throwing out his
skirmish line, posting his pickets, and
mapping out his campaign.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
A cave-In in Luzerne County.

HszLEToN, Pa. July i3-Iast evening a
li-se ,ave-in occurred at Yorktown. south
o. lnis place. Al the lime of the c..V,-in
three Hungarians were going home from
work, and upon nearing their boarding
house the ground over which they were
walking gave way. suddenly buryiug one ef
them beneath mass of rock and earth
Men were set 10 work at once 10 recover the
body. and amer working all night found il
in horribly mangIesl condition
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Locomotives and Cars Wrecked.

WAsmSGroS, July West-bound pas
senger trim No Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad came into collision with the East
bound train No l. running from Chicago 10
Baltimore near Gaithersburg Md, this even
ing and both locomotives and ears were bad
ly wrecked. The track was torn up for
quite distance and traffic will be DELAYED
the double track merges into a single track.
and the breaks OF the East bound train failed
to work when applied in order to allow the
West going train TO run on oihe double
track. No one was seriously injured
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
Coke Region Affairs

PrrrsBrgG, Pa. July iJ.-A party Of 10
men arrived here this morning on their way
from New York To the coke regions 10 take
the places OF the strikers They were ship
ped to West Leisenrng, and viii he put To
work in the morning Forty-five men
eng.ged in this city were also sent To the
region to-day. The operators have accepted
the offers OF the Eastern Labor Bureaus. and
new men Will be SEM to the region as fast as
the strikers can be evicted from the com
pany's houses rhe Pinkerton men are still
on duty, but 80 iIr have had nothing To
In
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20
More Peaches Than any Year Since
1875.

MILFORD. DEL. July i5.--N. d. Draper.
one of the large peacil-growers OF the PENN
sula, says:
We will have more peaches this year
than We have had since the heavy peach
year of 1879 He says the statement that
the crop will be light in this vicinity is erro-
neous.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

THE Mugwumps are displaying a pc
culiarly vicious disposition towards the
Grand Army men. They are sitting on
their hind legs and bowling at them as
"pension grabbers, bigots, blatherskites
and demagogues and demanding that
they apologize 10 the President for the
dap OUTRAGE
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

GOVERNOR HrIL of New York is 3 very
smart politician. He set himself up as
candidate for President, and finding that
Cleveland had the bulge on him, now
causes it TO be given out that, the surest
way 20 secure New Norb's vote for Cleye-
land is 10 renominate himself for Cover
nor. We have heard of people who are
too smart. sometimes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

Mn. SAMUEL J. RANDALL announces
that in his Judgment no reduction of rev
enue should be agreed upon that does
not commence with the repeal Of the war
tax on tobacco and whiskey. Samuel
must have worn acabbage leaf in his hat
during this hot spell. his head is 50 clear
and ~ level
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

Ir appears to be a settled fact that Mr..
Cleveland viii be the next Democratic
candidate for President The only unset
tied questions before the coming Nation
al Convention are, who shall be placed on
the ticket with him and how best can the
tariG question be sfraAdIed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

81. joaSsyILLE. y. Y. July lT.--About
i'ire, miles east of Oppenheim. Fulton eoun-
- r'si'ies Erwin Weaver and his wife and
wiies sister. \ few nights ago masked men
appeared at the house. dragged the women
osi' and outraged them, and because the h,is-
band objected he was stripped of his clothing
AMI taken to near the house Of a neighbnr
named Hart, when he was strapped down
and covered with coating OF tar. Several
arrests have been made.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-20

THE President had touch Of stomach
ache the other day, and there was a
threatened panic in the Democratic stock
market. Happily it was only a slight at
tack of cholera morbus which passed of
in few hours. The chronicler doesn't
state whether ii was caused by green APP
pies, or the St Louis episode.